Judge pleads guilty to letting air out of tire
By Sarah Karush, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA PLATA, Md. - A Maryland judge has apologized for engaging in a bit of vigilante justice when he let the air out of the tire of a courthouse employee who parked in a restricted area.
Charles County Circuit Judge Robert C. Nalley entered a guilty plea and was given a $500 fine Wednesday for tampering with a vehicle at the courthouse where he usually presides. He also said he was ashamed that he let the air out of the courthouse cleaning woman's tire and said he was "embarrassed for the community."
A visiting judge who handled the case also required Nalley to write a "heartfelt letter of apology" to Jean Washington, the woman whose tire he deflated.
Props to anyone who got the obscure movie reference in the title. As for the story let me play devil's advocate. I know an official of the court (especially a judge) shouldn't be engaging in an illegal behavior, but I understand where Nalley was coming from. He hands out fines and sentences to repeat offenders all the time. These people just keep breaking the law. At the end of the day a judge probably feels like taking the law into their own hands. Then some cleaning lady parks her damn car in a restricted spot. She got what was coming to her.
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